The NW half of these mountains are locally referred to as the Frenchman Mountains, and the eastern portion is referred to as the Puzzles Mountains.
References
Wilson, E.D. (1933) Geology and Mineral Deposits of Southern Yuma County, Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 134: 123-124.
Shackley, M.S. (1991) Tank Mountains obsidian - A newly discovered archaeological obsidian source in east-central Yuma County, Arizona: Kiva: 57(1): 17-25.
Ferguson, C.A., Skotnicki, S.J., and Spencer, J.E. (1994) Bedrock geology of the eastern and central Tank Mountains, Yuma County area, Arizona [Palomas Mts. SE, Palomas Mts. SW, Palomas Mts. NE, and Palomas Mts. NW 7.5 min]: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-08, 33 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:24,000.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 388.
Grubensky, M.J., Haxel, G.B., and Demsey, K.A. (1995) Geologic map of the southeastern Kofa Mountains and western Tank Mountains, southwestern Arizona [Neversweat Ridge, Engesser Pass, Hoodoo Well, Kofa Butte, Palm Canyon, Kofa Deep Well, and Charlie Died Tank 7.5 min]: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2454, 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500.
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